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Fine Blanking Steel Strip

Low-to-medium carbon strip delivered in the condition your fine blanking line actually needs — spheroidized, flat, tight on gauge, and slit to your coil width. Stocked in Shanghai, processed in-house, documented on every coil.

At a glanceFine blanking steel is a carbon steel strip (typically 0.08–1.00% C) supplied in a spheroidized, soft-annealed condition with controlled flatness and gauge tolerance, used to blank net-shape parts — seat recliners, door locks, belt anchors, transmission plates — in a single press stroke with a clean shear face. HS-FINEB stocks and processes it in Shanghai: spheroidizing annealing, precision cold rolling, slitting and cut-to-length, with a Mill Test Certificate on every coil. Typical strip thickness 0.3–4.0 mm; tolerance per EN 10131 / JIS G3141 or your drawing.
Material, judged by the process

Four things fine blanking demands from its strip

Fine blanking is not stamping. It is a precision shearing process that puts four demands on the material — we organise our range around them.

01

Spheroidized microstructure

Carbides rounded and uniformly distributed so the material deforms cleanly instead of fracturing. This is the single biggest factor in shear-face quality and die life.

02

Controlled flatness

Coil set and waviness must be minimal — the blanking die closes on the strip, and a bowed coil costs you scrap, not just speed.

03

Tight gauge tolerance

Blank weight and die clearance assume a consistent thickness. Precision-rolled strip holds the band your tool was designed for.

04

Clean, consistent surface

Scale, rust or rolled-in defects become cosmetic failures on visible parts and weak points on loaded ones.

Where it goes to work

Five parts that decide whether a supplier is approved

These are the components where fine blanking steel either performs or fails loudly. We have supplied strip for all of them — and we quote by part, not just by grade.

Seat recliner components

Why it is demanding: thin sections, tight flatness, high strength after hardening. Our answer: medium-carbon strip (S45C–S50C type), spheroidized, precision-rolled, slit to narrow widths.

Door lock & latch parts

Why it is demanding: complex perimeter shapes with burr-free edges that must fit mating parts. Our answer: low-to-medium carbon strip with a fully spheroidized structure for clean fracture.

Seat belt & safety anchors

Why it is demanding: certified strength, traceable chemistry, no surface defects in critical sections. Our answer: documented MTC per coil, full traceability from hot-rolled coil to finished strip.

Transmission & gearbox plates

Why it is demanding: tight flatness after blanking and dimensional stability through heat treat. Our answer: controlled gauge and decarb, consistent hardenability across the coil.

Brake system parts

Why it is demanding: fatigue-loaded components with no tolerance for internal defects. Our answer: clean material from the Baosteel supply chain, verified chemistry, inspection documents available.

Grade guide

Typical grades we stock for fine blanking

Equivalents are approximate — we recommend the final grade from your drawing, tonnage and heat treat route.

TypeTypical gradesEquivalent familiesTypical C%Where it is used
Low carbonDC01 / SPCC / SAE1008EN 10130 · JIS G3141 · ASTM A109≤0.12Locks, brackets, stamped housings — formability first
Medium carbonS35C–S50C / C45–C60EN 10083 · GB/T 6990.32–0.55Seat recliners, transmission plates, hardened structural parts
High carbonSAE1078 / 65Mn typeASTM A684 · GB/T 12220.72–0.85Clutch discs, hardened precision parts, spring-loaded mechanisms

Chemistry and mechanicals are confirmed on the Mill Test Certificate for each delivery. Equivalents shown are indicative, not certifications.

From stock coil to your press

What happens before the coil leaves Shanghai

Because processing is in-house, we can ship material already in the condition your line needs — or adjust it if your trial run says so.

01

Grade check

We match your drawing and standard to the closest stocked grade; chemistry verified against the source MTC.

02

Spheroidizing

Soft-annealing cycles condition the carbide structure for clean fine blanking — the step most resellers skip.

03

Precision rolling

Tight gauge tolerance and controlled surface finish for your tool's clearance window.

04

Slitting / CTL

Width tolerance and burr managed on our line; coils or sheets to your feeder.

05

Inspection & ship

Hardness, surface and dimension checks; MTC issued; export-packed for your port.

Read the difference

Buying from us vs. buying "fine blanking steel" elsewhere

✕ What you often get

  • A grade name and a price — condition unverified
  • Annealing outsourced or skipped, discovered at your press
  • Slitting at a third party, tolerance at their mercy
  • MTC generic; no processing history on the coil
  • One vendor for material, another for processing, no one responsible

✓ What you get from HS-FINEB

  • Grade recommended from your drawing, not your guess
  • Spheroidizing done in our furnaces before dispatch
  • Slitting and CTL on our line, tolerances documented
  • Full MTC with chemistry, mechanicals and processing history
  • One contract, one invoice, one phone number that answers
Questions from the press shop

Fine blanking steel, asked and answered

What condition should fine blanking steel be supplied in?
Spheroidized (soft-annealed), with a controlled microstructure and verified hardness range. Supplying as-rolled or incorrectly annealed material is the most common cause of poor shear faces, die wear and dimensional drift — which is why we treat the annealing step as part of the product.
Can you supply material to my European or Japanese drawing?
Yes. Send the standard (EN 10132, JIS G3311, ASTM A684…) and the grade, plus thickness, width and heat treat route. We propose the closest stocked equivalent with a side-by-side chemistry comparison before you commit.
Do you guarantee the hardness range after annealing?
We document the delivered hardness band on the MTC and confirm the target range at quoting. If your process needs a narrower band, tell us at RFQ stage and we will adjust the cycle and inspection plan.
Can you do a trial coil before a production order?
Yes — trial coils from one ton are standard for stocked grades. The trial lets your tool shop confirm shear quality and tolerance before committing to production volume.
What strip widths can you slit before delivery?
Our in-house slitting line cuts to your coil width with managed burr and camber — narrow widths for progressive die coils are standard. Width tolerance is confirmed at quoting and documented on the delivery certificate.
Further reading

From the Knowledge Hub

Fine Blanking Material Requirements: Complete Guide to Specs & Tolerances

Chemistry ranges, hardness bands, thickness and width tolerances per EN 10140, surface finish and delivery condition — write a material spec suppliers can quote accurately.

Fine Blanking Quality Metrics: Shear Surface, Burr & Dimensional Tolerance

Burnish/break ratio, burr height limits, flatness and camber tolerances, IT-grade dimensional accuracy and acceptance criteria — use these to write quality clauses and evaluate supplier capability.

Can you supply material with full traceability for safety components?
Yes. Chemistry, mechanicals and processing history are documented per coil from the source heat, and third-party inspection is available on request — the documentation package safety-component buyers require.
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Send your drawing. Get a grade match and a stock check — today.

Include material, thickness × width, tonnage and destination port. Our engineers reply within one working day.

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